497e39180f Campy syndicated series about Vallery Irons, a girl working at a hotdog stand who accidently saves a celebrity and is mistaken for a bodyguard. She and a team of beautiful bodyguards form a bodyguard agency called V.I.P., which stands for Vallery Irons Protection. The trivia feature of the box set I've just purchased says (through subtitles) that this series was a great favourite of Jim Jarmusch. He may have liked it for the same reasons I do: it's a self-parody that is meant to be enjoyedsuch. The series kept to the spirit of fun by not over-indulging in violence: there were at leastmany kicks and punchesbullets flying, and those bullets never drew blood. The villains were take-offs on stereotypical baddies; the plots, while un-original, were again enjoyabletake-offs. The show had substantial sex appeal, though I confess (especially being Canadian)that I don't find Pamela Anderson that compelling physically. She does (or did) keep in shape, though, and can look good in hot pants. And that's part of what made V.I.P. enjoyable: good-looking, well-dressed people getting themselves into and out of ridiculous situations. I disagree. The show was very funny. The characters didn't take themselves seriously at all. The show didn't take itself seriously either..VIP was great show, a nice escape from all the angsty shows i watched like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias, Angel and Charmed. VIP was a real life version of the power-puff girls, the day was always saved thanks to VIP..that was the point..No good-guys ever died, there was no angst, it was just what it was. Campy? yes. Silly? yes. But that was the point…This is wasn't a show that made you think at all, it was pure mindless fun….Yes the characters were kinda one dimensional, sometimes the plot had holes you could drive a truck through but hey so what, the show rocked nonetheless..I really miss it…
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